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i'm just wondering the logic behind why public official susan rice, general petraeus and the president would lie knowing full well that the truth would ultimately come out and the alternate explanation is they were given wrong intelligence and they would have been more suspicious of that intelligence and perhaps they spun the intelligence they were given, but couldn't it just be a matter of wrong intelligence as we've seen before? >> i think it is less likely that there is incompetence at the cia and incompetence at the national security council that they -- that they ended up giving the president of the united states false information. i think there is less likelihood of that than if the president was in battle mode and in the middle of a campaign and felt that any type of things that made it look like the islamic threat, the radical -- the radical islamic threat is still upon us would be harmful to him politically. so i can't say that was his motive. i don't know what was going on in his head, but it's not likely that the national security council and the cia didn't do their job, thu
i'm just wondering the logic behind why public official susan rice, general petraeus and the president would lie knowing full well that the truth would ultimately come out and the alternate explanation is they were given wrong intelligence and they would have been more suspicious of that intelligence and perhaps they spun the intelligence they were given, but couldn't it just be a matter of wrong intelligence as we've seen before? >> i think it is less likely that there is incompetence at...
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ambassador, susan rice. why was that done? who did this? catherine herridge is live on capitol hill. reporter: that's right. congressional horses tell fox news that there were changes to the cia talking points and that language of al qaeda affiliated individuals was replace -- replaced, which have the impact of minimizing or downplaying the role of al qaeda and another group, al sharia come on the consulate on 9/11. there was also testimony this week that the intelligence community to those talking points and went to an interagency process. so that other elements of the intelligence community as well as input and review by the state department, as well as the department of justice, that eventually made its way to ambassador susan rice. no one commissioner who was the final author of this talking point given to ambassador susan rice, who is on the sunday talk show on september 16 and repeated on multiple occasions that meant david was in response to the anti-islam video and that was a demonstration that had spun out of control. significantly
ambassador, susan rice. why was that done? who did this? catherine herridge is live on capitol hill. reporter: that's right. congressional horses tell fox news that there were changes to the cia talking points and that language of al qaeda affiliated individuals was replace -- replaced, which have the impact of minimizing or downplaying the role of al qaeda and another group, al sharia come on the consulate on 9/11. there was also testimony this week that the intelligence community to those...
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i am not the problem the process that led susan rice to miss informing the american people is the problem. she didn't just tell us it was a riot and a mob spawned by a video it was completely untrue. she completed that sunday. >> it was their best sense of what took place. >> fallout of the scandal 97 members of house all of the republicans oppose. ambassador rice is widely viewed as having either willfully or incompetently. the matter is partly being weakened by the powerful chairman of the senate intelligence committee diane fine stein a democrat who vowed to find out who took the language out of the cia talking points. >> thank you very much. >> it is time to take a look at who is talking and the possible nomination of the ambassador susan rice for secretary of state has tom mccain talking. the response to again zi the scandal surrounding libya is more widespread. >> the real issue here is not susan rice. it is before, during and after the total tail yours that this administration engaged in which has caused the deaths of these four brave americans. the warnings in the beginning which
i am not the problem the process that led susan rice to miss informing the american people is the problem. she didn't just tell us it was a riot and a mob spawned by a video it was completely untrue. she completed that sunday. >> it was their best sense of what took place. >> fallout of the scandal 97 members of house all of the republicans oppose. ambassador rice is widely viewed as having either willfully or incompetently. the matter is partly being weakened by the powerful...
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he now put out a statement that he now knows that susan rice was not responsible for the information that she read. he now knows where it came from he's disappointed that nobody told him where it came from. i think it's time for him to apologize. >> each night the reverend al sharpton delivers a lively debate of the top headlines. don't miss "politics nation" 6:00 p.m. on msnbc. >>> bad news from hewlett-packard took wall street by surprise. hp plunged 12% after revealing a company it bought for $10 billion last year lied about its finances. the massive blunder has some on the street saying ceo meg whitman may be on the way out. >>> overseas this morning asian stocks fell after european officials failed to release a loan payment to detmier, greece. >>> here at home it's being called the most lucrative insider trading scheme ever. u.s. attorneys in new york announced a former portfolio manager has been arrested for allegedly obtaining secret advanced results of an experimental alzheimer's drug that netted his hedge funds $276 million. >>> federal regulators now say they will not have
he now put out a statement that he now knows that susan rice was not responsible for the information that she read. he now knows where it came from he's disappointed that nobody told him where it came from. i think it's time for him to apologize. >> each night the reverend al sharpton delivers a lively debate of the top headlines. don't miss "politics nation" 6:00 p.m. on msnbc. >>> bad news from hewlett-packard took wall street by surprise. hp plunged 12% after...
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by the time susan rice gets to your show it is a different story. >>chris: there are two big questions. first of all, is general petraeus' testimony on september 14th, he said high believes and told members of congress in the closed doors hearings he believed it was a stepper attack and one congressman, peter king head of the homeland security committee said that is not his recollection of what general petraeus said. so, that is interesting. obviously, a discrepancy that has to be cleared up. and the other is, of course, the talking points. he said this is what the c.i.a. talking points were and talked about links to al qaeda and links to terror and the administration says when susan rice went on the sunday shows including fox news sunday she was told it was primarily the video and reaction to that and a demonstration that was hijacked by extremists. the big question is who rewrote the c.i.a. talking points? the intelligence community? the white house? we do not have an answer. >>trace: the politicians are on opposite sides of the aisle but i have n
by the time susan rice gets to your show it is a different story. >>chris: there are two big questions. first of all, is general petraeus' testimony on september 14th, he said high believes and told members of congress in the closed doors hearings he believed it was a stepper attack and one congressman, peter king head of the homeland security committee said that is not his recollection of what general petraeus said. so, that is interesting. obviously, a discrepancy that has to be cleared...
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but let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. as i said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi, and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received, and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. and you know, we're after an election now. i think it is important for us to find out exactly what happened in benghazi and i'm happy to cooperate in any ways that congress wants. we have provided every bit of information that we have. and we will continue to provide information and we have got a full blown investigation. and all that in
but let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. as i said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have...
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rice had said something wrong on the sunday shows, which is not true, susan rice saying something wrong on a sunday show is the grave alleged sin that john mccain has single handedly decided should be the basis for the first big fight that he wants the republican party to have with newly elected -- newly re-elected president obama. this is the grounds for him blocking america from having a secretary of state at all right now. he will not confirm anybody to replace hillary clinton, because he's so angry that susan rice, he says, supposedly said something wrong on a sunday show. i mean, if you say something wrong on a sunday show, if you say something wrong on a sunday show, obviously, that's the end! your career is over. the world has to come to a halt, right? >> i believe that it will not be nearly as difficult as some allege. i believe that this conflict is still going to be relatively short. we're going to prevail. we will win. and it will be one of the best thing that's happened to america in the world for a long time. because it will reverberate throughout the middle east. once demo
rice had said something wrong on the sunday shows, which is not true, susan rice saying something wrong on a sunday show is the grave alleged sin that john mccain has single handedly decided should be the basis for the first big fight that he wants the republican party to have with newly elected -- newly re-elected president obama. this is the grounds for him blocking america from having a secretary of state at all right now. he will not confirm anybody to replace hillary clinton, because he's...
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. >> so when the president says that susan rice was giving out -- talking about the most updated and -- fully documented intelligence that the intelligence community had, that's not true. >> last night the message was that susan rice was disseminating incorrect intelligence and the president is wrong for defending her. now here is mr. king today after an intelligence briefing. >> did he seem concerned that things had been changed? was that surprising to you? >> he seemed to say at the time they didn't realize the full significance of that and that or an unclassified statement it was acceptable. again, it's still very vague. >> petraeus told king today that, quote, for an unclassified statement this was acceptable. again, it's still very vague. dana, to paraphrase the president, republicans got out in front of their own skis on this one, didn't they? >> yes. well, in congress they have a tradition of revising and extending their remarks and i think peter king -- what peter king just said was "never mind." >> what he said earlier, what do we do with that? >> he was operating on incompl
. >> so when the president says that susan rice was giving out -- talking about the most updated and -- fully documented intelligence that the intelligence community had, that's not true. >> last night the message was that susan rice was disseminating incorrect intelligence and the president is wrong for defending her. now here is mr. king today after an intelligence briefing. >> did he seem concerned that things had been changed? was that surprising to you? >> he seemed...
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. >>> republicans against susan rice are racist. a congressman making that charge. now one of the republicans is about to charge back. h >>> nearly 100 house republicans are sending a letter to president obama urging him against the possible nomination of susan rice for secretary of state. saying rice is, quote, widely viewed as having willfully or incompetently misled the public on the benghazi matter. james clyburn said the letter was full of racial code words. >> we heard them during the campaign. during this recent campaign we heard them calling our president lazy, income tent. these kind of terms that we have been hearing these words and phrases all of our lives. and we get insulted by them. >> reaction now from one of the republicans who signed the letter. congressman, does representative clyburn have a point? racist code words do exist and to label someone as incompetent is traditionally a racist approach to passing judgment. do you think representative clyburn has any point at all here? >> i think you have got very little if any kind of point. representative
. >>> republicans against susan rice are racist. a congressman making that charge. now one of the republicans is about to charge back. h >>> nearly 100 house republicans are sending a letter to president obama urging him against the possible nomination of susan rice for secretary of state. saying rice is, quote, widely viewed as having willfully or incompetently misled the public on the benghazi matter. james clyburn said the letter was full of racial code words. >> we...
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i know susan rice, worked with her in the john kerry campaign in 2004. she has the skill and the judgment to be secretary of state if president obama wants her to be. >> it's unfair? >> completely unfair. it's a tough town and lots of people want to be secretary of state i suspect. and the press has a role to play here, but at the end of the day i think if barack obama, who's just been rere elected, would like susan rice to be his secretary of state, she will be. >> steve, chip, happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving. >> also making news this morning, investigators say they're questioning people in connection with an explosion that killed two residents and virtually leveled a neighborhood in indianapolis. police say they have served search warrants, although they haven't made any arrests yet. sources are also telling "the indianapolis star" that investigators believe gas was intentionally leased into one of the homes and that blast may have been sparked remotely. >>> elmo puppeteer kevin clash is leaving "sesame street" after a second man accused him
i know susan rice, worked with her in the john kerry campaign in 2004. she has the skill and the judgment to be secretary of state if president obama wants her to be. >> it's unfair? >> completely unfair. it's a tough town and lots of people want to be secretary of state i suspect. and the press has a role to play here, but at the end of the day i think if barack obama, who's just been rere elected, would like susan rice to be his secretary of state, she will be. >> steve,...
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susan rice says it wasn't me. i was just repeating what the intelligence communities told me. >> that's what the president said as well. i just have a hard time understanding that thanks in part to the excellent reporting by catherine herridge and jennifer griffin on this network. we know the cia two hours into the attack that it was an al qaeda terrorist attack. we know the white house had drone footage coming to the situation room. we know the department of state, we know all of these different entities were aware of it much earlier than what had been initially indicated by susan rice. then five days later. five days later she goes on five national shows with -- if not intentionally, then the biggest bunch of mishandled information we have seen in foreign policy in quite some time. whether she purposely did it or not, she gave misleading information to the american people. the question is did she do it on purpose. rick: this is why so many republicans think it doesn't pass the smell test. she was out there sayin
susan rice says it wasn't me. i was just repeating what the intelligence communities told me. >> that's what the president said as well. i just have a hard time understanding that thanks in part to the excellent reporting by catherine herridge and jennifer griffin on this network. we know the cia two hours into the attack that it was an al qaeda terrorist attack. we know the white house had drone footage coming to the situation room. we know the department of state, we know all of these...
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susan rice's reputation precedes her. she is known as a very difficult, tough person, smart. she had trouble when she first went into the administration and was in competition with hillary clinton. i'm not so sure that the president will nominate her. >> if he does, will he succeed? >> the way he defended her was very odd. number one, why are you picking the woman, essentially. he was playing lancelot. >> not to me. >> there were women who wrote about this who said they were offended by that town. -- by his tone. it was a very misleading statements. that is undeniable. she talked about a demonstration, a riot out of control. there was no demonstration. and the fbi knew that two days earlier because it spoke with the people within the embassy and evacuate -- that it had evacuated and saved who said there was no demonstration and no right at. that is number one. but then he said, why are you picking on her? she does not having to do with an ghazi. -- if benghazi. she knows nothing about this. >> she volunteered. >> yes, but she knows nothing. and why is she talking about it? >>
susan rice's reputation precedes her. she is known as a very difficult, tough person, smart. she had trouble when she first went into the administration and was in competition with hillary clinton. i'm not so sure that the president will nominate her. >> if he does, will he succeed? >> the way he defended her was very odd. number one, why are you picking the woman, essentially. he was playing lancelot. >> not to me. >> there were women who wrote about this who said they...
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>>shepard: united nations ambassador susan rice met with republican lawmakers today and they are leading charge against her and at least if them it did not calm the storm over her initial response to the deadly attack in benghazi, libya. we will get the details on that. a crowd rivalling the size of the protests that took down mubarak taking on the new president. steve is there and he is reporting that there are significant changes underway right now that could affect that region and the world. steve harrigan is reporting the military is moving in on its own people. our team on the ground reports hearing explosions and we will have expanded and extensive coverage in a moment. if you move to a big city, thinking big money, is it possible you made the wrong decision? there is a new report that details the growing wealth in the heartland. that all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. but first from fox at 3:00 in new york city the meeting between the united states ambassador susan rice and the biggest critics did not soften their condemnation over her response in benghazi. >> we a
>>shepard: united nations ambassador susan rice met with republican lawmakers today and they are leading charge against her and at least if them it did not calm the storm over her initial response to the deadly attack in benghazi, libya. we will get the details on that. a crowd rivalling the size of the protests that took down mubarak taking on the new president. steve is there and he is reporting that there are significant changes underway right now that could affect that region and the...
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a group of democratic congress women defending susan rice. they say the criticism against how she handled benghazi is because of her race and gender. >> the best assessment we have today is this was not at preplanned premeditated attack. what happened initially is it was a spontaneous ... call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. meg already federal investigators are look into the deadly crash at a veterans parade in texas. the ntsb confirmed the track warning system was working before the train slapped into the parade float. four veterans of iraq and stan were killed. 16 more people were hurt. in san francisco the attitude usually is anything goes, including clothing. but now patience may be running thin. the city considering banning public nudity. trace gallagher volunteered to do the research on this. >> reporter: back on the day when i lived in san francisco you only saw the occasional nude person. and accumulation years ago they opened up a new plaza and
a group of democratic congress women defending susan rice. they say the criticism against how she handled benghazi is because of her race and gender. >> the best assessment we have today is this was not at preplanned premeditated attack. what happened initially is it was a spontaneous ... call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. meg already federal investigators are look into the deadly crash at a...
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ambassador susan rice. >> general petraeus, whose briefing was comprehensive, was added to our ability to make judgments about what has clearly a failure of intelligence. ambassador rice used the unclassified talking points. the unclassified. so she did completely the appropriate thing. >> nbc's mike vigor ra is live at the white house for us. >> good morning, alex. >> this back and forth we just listened to, does this end the dispute about what was said about the attacks in benghazi? >> i doubt that very seriously. it's tenored the political realm as well as the foreign policy and national security realm, and while harry reid, the democratic leader of the senate, the majority leader in the senate, has shot down republican suggestions that there should be a watergate-style joint committee, a select committee in the parlance of washington, to look into the benghazi attacks, of course, and september 11th that left four americans dead including the american ambassador, ambassador stevens, there's always the house of representatives, and certainly, their questions, they still have many que
ambassador susan rice. >> general petraeus, whose briefing was comprehensive, was added to our ability to make judgments about what has clearly a failure of intelligence. ambassador rice used the unclassified talking points. the unclassified. so she did completely the appropriate thing. >> nbc's mike vigor ra is live at the white house for us. >> good morning, alex. >> this back and forth we just listened to, does this end the dispute about what was said about the...
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ambassador susan rice as secretary of state. and this follows andrea mitchell's reporting yesterday that it was the intelligence community, not the white house, that changed talking points about the unclassified data that could be discussed when susan rice went out on the sunday talk shows to discuss what was known about the benghazi situation. is that something that republicans are choosing to ignore, the facts of that? they're trying to draft a letter like this to almost wreck her reputation before she is even nominated. >> and frankly it doesn't matter what the house of representatives thinks. they have no say in the process. this is more of a headline scheme, frankly. this is press release politics, which is the last thing we need right now. but what is important is to look at the white house did put her out there. she did her job. i'll give her that. she spoke with the talking points she had, what she knew. the fact is the administration to put her out there with misleading information and that's the clear case. it was not
ambassador susan rice as secretary of state. and this follows andrea mitchell's reporting yesterday that it was the intelligence community, not the white house, that changed talking points about the unclassified data that could be discussed when susan rice went out on the sunday talk shows to discuss what was known about the benghazi situation. is that something that republicans are choosing to ignore, the facts of that? they're trying to draft a letter like this to almost wreck her reputation...
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he personally didn't breech susan rice. >> joining me is mark murray. we know that the week started with this scandal with david petraeus's affair. that's taken a back seat, probably rightfully so, to the president's first press conference, his first news conference since re-election. now this issue regarding benghazi, the ongoing investigation. >> well, that's right. tamron, this is just one week removed from last week's presidential contest. it shows you that politics is still alive and well in the nation's capital even after the presidential contest. i think you look back at the entire back and forth over the benghazi situation, and what is now coming out after these meetings, i got an e-mail statement from florida senator bill nelson who said one of the things that was made clear at today's meeting was that susan rice, when she was giving the cia intelligence that she did on all those sunday shows, that was what was seen as the intelligence at the time. there was a lot of different moving parts and here and there what was going on. bottom line what
he personally didn't breech susan rice. >> joining me is mark murray. we know that the week started with this scandal with david petraeus's affair. that's taken a back seat, probably rightfully so, to the president's first press conference, his first news conference since re-election. now this issue regarding benghazi, the ongoing investigation. >> well, that's right. tamron, this is just one week removed from last week's presidential contest. it shows you that politics is still...
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susan rice has serious explaining to do. you mentioned the 97 republicans if the house who have gone on the record oppose her nomination as state, you have serious republicans in the u.s. senate like senator mccain and senator graham saying look we need a select committee along the lines of the watergate special committees, aeu to get answers here. we are still not clear. we are ten weeks later. we are still getting the runaway from the very highest officials in the administration. the only way we'll get answers is to have a bi-partisan and bicameral investigation that involves both houses. the senate and the house of representatives. ainsley: the senate just responded don't go after susan rice, go after me. why don't you go after me. what do you make of his timing about all this. >> it's very clear, he's saying i want to nominate susan rice. if you want to filibuster you take me on. i think the president will play chicken with senator graham and senator mccain. there are clearly enough democratic votes in the senate about 5
susan rice has serious explaining to do. you mentioned the 97 republicans if the house who have gone on the record oppose her nomination as state, you have serious republicans in the u.s. senate like senator mccain and senator graham saying look we need a select committee along the lines of the watergate special committees, aeu to get answers here. we are still not clear. we are ten weeks later. we are still getting the runaway from the very highest officials in the administration. the only way...
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i'm not sure susan rice was wrong about benghazi. here's john mccain saying he will do whatever it takes to block her nomination. >> is she effectively disqualified from being secretary of state? you would oppose her nomination? >> yes and we're talking filibuster do whatever you can to block it? >> yes. >> cenk: that's very strong language. when president obama was asked about that, he had strong language. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me, and i'm happy to have that discussion with them for them to go off the a u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with ben gassy and simply making a presentation on information she received and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> cenk: that is president obama being furious. that's how it's being described. he wanted to set the record straight. is he right or wrong? let's bring back a political correspondent that is indeed epic. >> michael you and i might disagree. susan rice on the talk shows after the attacks originally se
i'm not sure susan rice was wrong about benghazi. here's john mccain saying he will do whatever it takes to block her nomination. >> is she effectively disqualified from being secretary of state? you would oppose her nomination? >> yes and we're talking filibuster do whatever you can to block it? >> yes. >> cenk: that's very strong language. when president obama was asked about that, he had strong language. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to...
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my point, susan rice won't be hillary clinton. susan rice will be a mouthpiece for president obama and not the american people. >> bob: curious, check this out and see if mccain and graham had such problems did they vote for her for-up? my guess is they probably did. >> greg: the u.n. loves her. the u.n. hated bolton which is why bolton was great. when u.n. loves you, they like someone to roll over. >> eric: they may have voted for her but that was prior to her lying to five different news organizations. >> bob: how can you accuse her of lying? the intelligence committee itself said that it was the same intelligence that the intelligence committee got the day before she testified. >> eric: be specific. >> bob: i will. senior member of the intelligence committee released the following statement. >> eric: you are always talking about who are the sources? who are they? name them. give us names. the "new york times" saying we talk about president obama's? talk about the sources. who are they? >> bob: this is adam -- he got the nationa
my point, susan rice won't be hillary clinton. susan rice will be a mouthpiece for president obama and not the american people. >> bob: curious, check this out and see if mccain and graham had such problems did they vote for her for-up? my guess is they probably did. >> greg: the u.n. loves her. the u.n. hated bolton which is why bolton was great. when u.n. loves you, they like someone to roll over. >> eric: they may have voted for her but that was prior to her lying to five...
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ambassador, susan rice. that's what this was for him, a great moment to kind of score chivalrous points rather than answer and be pressed on the challenges and the questions that so many fair-minded people have about what happened in benghazi that night and what the administration said about it. jon: a number of senators including senator lindsey graham, senator john mccain, senator kelly ayotte -- a woman, it should be noted -- were critical of what ambassador susan rice said when she went on the five sunday talk shows and said this was all about the video. now, kirsten, i want to read a clip of your most recent column. here it is. you say: president obama bizarrely cast the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice, as some delicate flower the boys should stop picking on for her dissembling: jon: come back to haunt him in what way? >> well, i think he got so caught up in this silly story about senators mccain and graham, and he did leave out, also, that there was a female senator as well as you men
ambassador, susan rice. that's what this was for him, a great moment to kind of score chivalrous points rather than answer and be pressed on the challenges and the questions that so many fair-minded people have about what happened in benghazi that night and what the administration said about it. jon: a number of senators including senator lindsey graham, senator john mccain, senator kelly ayotte -- a woman, it should be noted -- were critical of what ambassador susan rice said when she went on...
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. >> is it clear that susan rice saw that? that's one thing i think the republicans are going off on this, going after susan rice and knew the information she was giving out was wrong. how do we know that she saw the original point-- >> wait, wait, i never thought i would say this, but charles isn't getting a chance to talk enough. i think we need to let him talk. charles, you weigh in. >> well, let's not talk about susan rice. let's take the president's own demand that we not pick on the little lady and we pick on him. all right. let's accept the challenge. that, and he said, after all, she was just my spokesman even though she knew nothing about this. all right, what he's asking us to say the president of the united states using a spokesman who knew nothing about the issue went on five television shows and gave one version of a story where the classified version clearly said this was a terror attack, and yet, the version that was heard on every network was, this was a riot that had gone out of control, this was nothing else
. >> is it clear that susan rice saw that? that's one thing i think the republicans are going off on this, going after susan rice and knew the information she was giving out was wrong. how do we know that she saw the original point-- >> wait, wait, i never thought i would say this, but charles isn't getting a chance to talk enough. i think we need to let him talk. charles, you weigh in. >> well, let's not talk about susan rice. let's take the president's own demand that we not...
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rice. >> and an article called susan rice term -- >> i was disappointing in the president, what she's said about regime change in african and countries and not looking more to her resume'. >> let me pull up a point on racism and sexism business. it never cuts the other way. liberals can criticize conservative african-american as conservative black women, like allen west now soon to be form former. and condoleezza rice, not being down for the struggle, as being oreos or hanger chief head negros, all of these used by left wing african-american women against conservatives and it's no problem, but it's only when you criticize the content of their character not the color of their skin or gender all of a sudden it's racist and sexist. >> i mean, where is the evidence of racial evidence in the questions of what she's done or said. it's not as if she is a reporter who to work with the material you give it and friday and confirm it. she had accessed to the classified. she should have known that that material could be new andsed. she could have done a great many things, instead, jake tapper and
rice. >> and an article called susan rice term -- >> i was disappointing in the president, what she's said about regime change in african and countries and not looking more to her resume'. >> let me pull up a point on racism and sexism business. it never cuts the other way. liberals can criticize conservative african-american as conservative black women, like allen west now soon to be form former. and condoleezza rice, not being down for the struggle, as being oreos or hanger...
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don't come after susan rice. it was dramatic. he is angry. they feel susan rice is being unfairly blamed, that she was working off of talking points from the intelligence community. >> this just in from lindsey graham, mr. president, don't think for one minute i don't hold you ultimately responsible for benghazi. i think you failed as commander in chief before, during and after the attack. so this is beginning to keep going. >> so much for the honeymoon. >> yes. the president got contemplative there for a minute saying the pace of business is so much that he'd forgotten about the election the day after, wednesday. >> it was two days later that he was told he was about to lose his cia director and had to make a very important decision as to whether accept that resignation. >> a wide-ranging news conference. it went from a lot of talk about the middle class, a lot of talk about tax cuts or no tax cuts. tax hikes, in fact, and he said he's familiar with all literature on presidents who overreach in the second term. >> they do have a note of caut
don't come after susan rice. it was dramatic. he is angry. they feel susan rice is being unfairly blamed, that she was working off of talking points from the intelligence community. >> this just in from lindsey graham, mr. president, don't think for one minute i don't hold you ultimately responsible for benghazi. i think you failed as commander in chief before, during and after the attack. so this is beginning to keep going. >> so much for the honeymoon. >> yes. the president...
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when susan rice spoke it had become a riot out of control. that means between the 4 and 16 and intelligence assessment and the white house, something changed. someone changed it. that seems to be agreed. that is clarity. i would clear the questions who changed it, why, and what exactly was the nature of the change. why was it made to protect the administration line on heated election that al-qaeda is on the heels that obama repeated at every stop in the campaign. dianne feinstein, a democrat, said we have to get the answer to that. the answer is somewhere. it could be the white house. it would be damaging. that is a real achieve in the the investigation. >> shannon: a.b., do you think the ambassador rice will testify about this? i don't know if it will successfully come to pass but the pressure is on her. the pressure is on hillary clinton as well. many people. >> shannon: she agreed to testify at some point. >> i want to say two things. one, the whole line tha at the , what was revealed about the scrubbing of the talking points. any suspicio
when susan rice spoke it had become a riot out of control. that means between the 4 and 16 and intelligence assessment and the white house, something changed. someone changed it. that seems to be agreed. that is clarity. i would clear the questions who changed it, why, and what exactly was the nature of the change. why was it made to protect the administration line on heated election that al-qaeda is on the heels that obama repeated at every stop in the campaign. dianne feinstein, a democrat,...
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these are not questions susan rice has the answer to. luke, i want to ask about the interpersonal dynamics. susan rice is tough and as the governor said during the break she does not suffer fools badly. these were make nice meetings that didn't seem to go so well, correct? kelly ayotte known as a particular fire brand but came out with very, very strong language and said she would put a hold on susan rice's nomination. >> look, two things were surprising here. number one, a visit like this when you're actually not the nominee to be secretary of state, is a little odd. we were talking with other reporters earlier and no one can really remember these types of diplomatic visits for someone not officially nominated. after the criticism of rice softened this past weekend a lot of us expected this would be a get nice pow wow. it turned out to be awfully different, alex, and going forward it seems like the gop has centered on this is going to be their battle, their political battle, they feel they can score at lot of points on and the question
these are not questions susan rice has the answer to. luke, i want to ask about the interpersonal dynamics. susan rice is tough and as the governor said during the break she does not suffer fools badly. these were make nice meetings that didn't seem to go so well, correct? kelly ayotte known as a particular fire brand but came out with very, very strong language and said she would put a hold on susan rice's nomination. >> look, two things were surprising here. number one, a visit like...
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one that looks like is going to susan rice. either way it looks like it could open up a spot for scott brown to run there in massachusetts which we won't get into. if kerr is is the secretary of defense. what does it tell you about the direction of this nation's military. >> he has been against all these weapons systems from day one as you just played that clip. he was make the old joke about the 87 billion. he was for these wars before he was against these wars: it's very interesting that one theory going around now is john mccain has really been hacking susan rice who is the frontrunner for secretary of state. remember when kerry was running for president in 2004, he wanted mccain to be his running mate even though mccain is a republic. they are very close. no one doubts that mccain is very angry about what susan rice about going on all the shows and making the misleading statements. but there is a subcontext here. a lot of people think that mccain is trying to help out his buddy by dusting up susan rice and therefore opening
one that looks like is going to susan rice. either way it looks like it could open up a spot for scott brown to run there in massachusetts which we won't get into. if kerr is is the secretary of defense. what does it tell you about the direction of this nation's military. >> he has been against all these weapons systems from day one as you just played that clip. he was make the old joke about the 87 billion. he was for these wars before he was against these wars: it's very interesting...
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ambassador susan rice. under fire about her incorrect statements about what happened in benghazi, but democrats say the attacks on rice are about race and gender. we will talk to kelly ayotte and see what she thinks about that. bill: feeling the heat from a major -- >> we don't have the estimate on the grid impact, we are still working on that. if you look through the downtown area the majority of it is dark except for the people who do have generators. there is a fairly substantial impact. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair ma
ambassador susan rice. under fire about her incorrect statements about what happened in benghazi, but democrats say the attacks on rice are about race and gender. we will talk to kelly ayotte and see what she thinks about that. bill: feeling the heat from a major -- >> we don't have the estimate on the grid impact, we are still working on that. if you look through the downtown area the majority of it is dark except for the people who do have generators. there is a fairly substantial...
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it wasn't necessarily susan rice's fault. and to use this to judge her if she's qualified to be secretary of state really isn't smart politically or policy wise. >> but it definitely puts this in the top of the block. do you think -- >> just to say -- i think that was a mistake because right now people want to see people coming together. they should have said this is a productive meeting, we have other questions to go, but we need more conversation. >> we do want to find out as a country, find out exactly what happened there. we did lose four american lives. and not to lessen this, but these not tourists in libya. these are four state department workers who knew the dangers of what they were involved in. they elected to be there. it is a tragic loss of life, but it's not one that we, you know, obviously as the senator said, this is a terrible intelligence failure. but what is the case moving forward? now that rice has gone up there and done her due diligence with meeting three of her harshest critics, how does she move on fro
it wasn't necessarily susan rice's fault. and to use this to judge her if she's qualified to be secretary of state really isn't smart politically or policy wise. >> but it definitely puts this in the top of the block. do you think -- >> just to say -- i think that was a mistake because right now people want to see people coming together. they should have said this is a productive meeting, we have other questions to go, but we need more conversation. >> we do want to find out...
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ambassador susan rice. yet, the smear campaign against susan rice continues as more republicans pile on. rice had another tough day on capitol hill today. now, senate republicans are blaming rice for yet another security failure. the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania 14 years ago. >> it troubles me so much is the benghazi attack in many ways echos the attacks of those embassies in 1998 when susan rice was head of the african region for our state department. >> senator bob corker in tennessee had a warning for the president. >> i would just ask the president to step back for a moment and realize that all of us here hold the secretary of state to a very different standard than most cabinet members. >> while republicans say they are concerned about susan rice advancing bad intel, they didn't think twice about confirming condoleezza rice as secretary of state. susan collins, lindsey graham and john mccain all voted to confirm condoleezza rice. who would support as the next secretary of state? >> i thi
ambassador susan rice. yet, the smear campaign against susan rice continues as more republicans pile on. rice had another tough day on capitol hill today. now, senate republicans are blaming rice for yet another security failure. the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania 14 years ago. >> it troubles me so much is the benghazi attack in many ways echos the attacks of those embassies in 1998 when susan rice was head of the african region for our state department. >> senator bob...